June 2008: Giving up my reserved seat….
For the past four years, I have been the only person at Temple Beth Sholom – other than Rabbi Scolnic – with a reserved seat in the sanctuary. To put my tenure, first as Ritual Vice President and then as President, into perspective, my three year old son, Benjamin, does not realize that his father is permitted to sit with him during services. Zachary, who is eight, has only a fleeting recollection of the time when I sat with the rest of the family.